<p>I got two tickets through the lottery. It says in the email that upon claiming and paying for them, I need another USC student so we can present our IDs (Spirit Card required). Three questions. The other USC student doesn't have to have won Rose Bowl tickets, just Spirit Card, right? And are the tickets paper tickets or something else? These aren't sellable are they?</p>
<p>Oh so excited.</p>
<p>Lucky you. I was one of the lottery "losers". :mad:</p>
<p>I can only answer your first question, which is that the other student just has to have a Spirit Card and nothing more.</p>
<p>Wow, I thought the subject of Rose Bowl tickets would get more discussion than this.</p>
<p>It is finals week. Not everyone spends time on CollegeConfidential when they have finals the next two days :)</p>
<p>Got the tickets with my and a friend's ID. The tickets are paper tickets, and they look just like any other Rose Bowl tickets sold this year. Too bad I will be on vacation during the game. :( So I'm going to sell them on eBay even though the little yellow strip of paper says they are not transferable to non-USC students. Fight on!</p>
<p>Best wishes with finals!</p>
<p>I'm so jealous to all those who got tickets. That's all I have to say.</p>
<p>I don't think tickets (bowl games especially) should be given through lottery. It seems that most people lucky enough to get tickets already had plans and ended up selling them. And for a lot more than face value...</p>
<p>If they didn't have a lottery, it could end up being the same situation or probably worse. People would intentionally buy tickets right after they go on sale only to sell them later for very high prices. Then people who would actually be able to make it would never get their hands on tickets. Maybe.</p>
<p>I agree with that. First-come first-served wouldn't work as long as the tickets can be resold. If they actually don't want the tickets to be resold (why?), they would have to (1) increase prices in response to demand or (2) require that the same person who buys the ticket attends the game. Additionally they could use a deposit system where you pay, for example, a $100 additional deposit which you receive back when you show up at the game. Thus the people who can actually attend (don't have other plans) will be the only ones who are willing to pay the deposit to buy a ticket. Though I'm sure they no problem with getting people to turn out...</p>
<p>They should do a first-come first-serve policy for these tickets... I know my friends and I would have camped out for days, even weeks, to get these tickets. However, none of us won the lottery and none of us have $1000 to scalp the tickets... </p>
<p>As it happened, students (I know of at least one, personally) won the lottery that dont really care about football - and now want to sell the tickets for way above face value to make a quick buck that they did nothing to earn... pathetic.</p>
<p>This is capitalism at its best...buy low...sell high !!!</p>